The New York Daily News has found that a baby who died after a circumcision in September died from herpes contracted during a religious ceremony. (Shutterstock)

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A two-week-old baby who died last year from a circumcision ritual contracted a deadly case of herpes from the ceremony, reports the New York Daily News. The city medical examiner said that the cause of death was “disseminated herpes simplex virus Type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction.” While it is not known who performed that circumcision, there have been several cases in New York in recent years of babies contracting herpes from the ultra-Orthodox ritual known as metzizah b’peh, when blood is removed from the baby's wound by the rabbi's or mohel's mouth.

When circumcision is made illegal, only terrorists will be circumcised.... wait... uh, that's not what I meant, I meant: When ripping the foreskin off infants with your teeth is made illegal, the terrorists will have won! Wait, I have it now: Religion - still as fucked up as ever!

HerpesFish

Mar 12, 2012 9:59 PM CDT

I do not think circumcision is useful as I can see more and more new members at HerpesDatingNYC.c0m, a dating and support community for people with HERPES I have been in for years.